Why would such a pragmatic and well-behaved person bring the topic to the lama?
Because Lamaism is an important part of the highly pragmatic "training wolves into dogs" plan, and Anda Khan's generation is the most critical time point! In fact, if it hadn't been for what happened to Han Naji, Ada Khan might have started his conversion plan.
Anda Khan fought in the north and south throughout his life. Not only did he go south to herd horses, but he also went to the west to catch the wind. Before he transferred Han Naji to the south this time, Anda's army had already gone to Qinghai. It was only because of Sun Tzu's trouble that he had to Changed his plan and returned to Toyoshu River.
Historically, in order to better control Qinghai and extend its strength into Tibet, Anda Khan once again picked up the Western Expedition plan after completing the tribute agreement with the Ming Dynasty and went to Qinghai to meet with the Tibetan lamas at Yanghua Temple. Leader Sonam Gyatso met and announced that Mongolians would fully convert to Lamaism - of course he had no control over the Mongolian left wing.
Since Lamaism absorbed many teachings from Shamanism, it did not encounter strong resistance in its spread. And because Lamaism opposed shamanism’s sacrificial rituals such as burials, blood sacrifices, and animal sacrifices that consume a lot of wealth, it greatly improved the living standards of herdsmen, so it quickly spread in pastoral areas.
During the spread of Lamaism, the biggest opponent was of course shamanism, so there was a story that the Buddha took away the shamanic scriptures - there are many stories about the battles between lamas and shamans in pastoral areas.
But of course Gao Pragmatic did not have such good intentions. He supported Lamaism to replace Shamanism simply to improve the living standards of herdsmen. The reason why he supported Lamaism was that he knew that for Mongolia, Lamaism was simply "wanting to practice magic and wield a sword to kill oneself."
Lamaism did make a huge contribution to the economic and cultural development of Mongolia in its early days. With the help of the Buddhas, the Mongols had their own written language. They were no longer at war with the Ming Dynasty, and border trade was in full swing.
However, with the rise of Buddhism, the last remaining simplicity and martial spirit from the Genghis Khan era gradually disappeared. The people at the bottom placed their hopes on the illusory afterlife, while the princes and nobles devoted everything they had in exchange for happiness in the afterlife, especially going to Tibet to make tea. , resulting in a large amount of wealth flowing into the hands of lamas.
The price of the abnormal distribution of wealth and the monks not working or paying taxes is that Mongolia can no longer compete with the Ming and Qing dynasties. Young men also yearn to become lamas, resulting in a sharp decrease in the population. Of course, the Ming dynasty was still better than the Qing dynasty. It is much more merciful and does not insist on "reduction" in Mongolia for more than two hundred years like the Qing Dynasty.
Well, although Gao Pragmatic has always thought that the Qing Dynasty was scum, he has to say that this policy is still very thoughtful, but wild boar skin is wild boar skin, and the action is too simple and crude, so the kind and generous Gao Shidu has already planned it , in the future, we will use softer and more high-sounding means to do this "reducing" work.
The purpose is such a purpose. As for why we should talk to Han Naji about Lamaism in advance, it is because historically I was delayed by Han Naji's incident for nearly ten years. Until the sixth year of Wanli, he Only then did he decide that the tribute and peace between the right-wing Mongolia and the Ming Dynasty had been a complete success, and then took time to go to Qinghai.
This is too long!
How could Gao Shidu, a humble gentleman who was willing to help others and do good deeds without leaving any name behind, tolerate the delay in allowing the Mongolian people to enjoy the Buddha's light for so long?
To kill yourself with a knife, you have to be quick! What do you mean by hesitating? Should it be done or not?
As for the great lamas in the capital whom Gao pragmatic mentioned, this is not nonsense. Although the Ming Dynasty had so many internal problems in Gao Pragmatic's eyes, if it continued like this, it would become terminally ill in a few decades and there would be no cure. However, no country around the Ming Dynasty dared to underestimate this Chinese dynasty.
In particular, the Central Plains dynasty has always paid attention to the freedom of preaching. As long as the teachings seem to persuade people to do good and not have ulterior motives under the guise of religion, Chinese civilization will never say no simply and rudely. Therefore, Lamaism also has many eminent monks in the Ming Dynasty, especially In the capital, there are even more. When Anda Khan requested tribute during the Jiajing period, he specifically asked the Ming Dynasty to send eminent Lamaist monks to preach in Mongolia. He also hoped that the Ming Dynasty could print a batch of scriptures for them, but obviously, Jiajing refused.
This is really... high pragmatism makes my balls hurt just thinking about it.
As a small cadre of the Red Dynasty, Gao Pangshi has always highly recognized the words of Taizu of the Red Dynasty: Politics is to recruit more and more of our people, and to reduce the number of the enemy's people.
What to do? Kill all enemies? Killing one thousand enemies and losing eight hundred to oneself. How many people in history who challenged the world got a good death? In the final analysis, war can only be a means to serve politics. If the problem can be solved without fighting, of course it is better not to fight.
This is like the Battle of Pingjin, one of the three major battles. The Four Fields and the North China Military Region joined forces. It was not difficult for a million troops to capture Pingjin, but why should we still strive for a peaceful solution? That’s the truth – you can, but it’s not necessary.
The same goes for the Mongolian issue. If we make steady progress in internal reforms, adjust finances, develop military industry, and reorganize the new army...if all of these are done well, in the future we can put out a hollow square array of fixed-loaded flintlock muskets, and of course we can pacify Mongolia. , this is called "can".
However, to pacify Mongolia in this way, after pacification, we still have to defend and station troops. We also have to spend our own money and effort to build castles and forts on the grasslands. After that, we still have to worry about the Mongolian rebellion. Then why not just use hard and soft tactics, first let the Mongols realize that the Ming Dynasty's military power is beyond their ability to resist, and at the same time, they can follow the Ming Dynasty to eat well and drink hot food, and no longer have to worry about not having enough to eat or not having enough clothes to wear. Do livestock freeze to death and herdsmen starve to death? If we continue to control religion, culture and other aspects, sooner or later, these hungry wolves will have to become the Ming Dynasty's guardian dogs in northern Xinjiang. After decades or hundreds of years, they will simply integrate with the Ming Dynasty without distinguishing each other?
Why was China able to invent this artifact "since ancient times"? Because many countries and nations that have fought with China since ancient times have finally become part of China!
Not only did their land become part of China, but their entire nation was assimilated by the "Chinese nation"!
Therefore, you can fight, but there is no need to insist on fighting.
Adhering to this point of view, Gao pragmatically persuaded Han Naji: "What the shamans do depends entirely on their personal likes and dislikes, which is not as good as the wisdom of the great lamas? Moreover, these priests often ask to kill a large number of livestock. Come to offer sacrifices, pray, and perform rituals. How many cattle and sheep are killed for no reason every year? Taiji, do the math. Without these shamans, although your disaster situation is still severe, would so many people still starve to death?" When Gao pragmatic said this, he sighed and said in a compassionate voice: "These people who starve to death are all the people of the Great Khan, even your people Taiji!"
Han Naji was a little absent-minded and murmured: "Yes, the herdsmen are starving to death, who will help me raise cattle and sheep?"
